Christian Huegel schreef: > Hi, > > I have the x86_64 arch on my server so therfore i expect that yum > updates only x86_64 packages. > With the last *yum update* i´ve noticed a strange behaviour while > retrieving the needed packeges. As you you see, yum wants install > packages for different architectures: > > glibc x86_64 2.3.4-2.25 base 4.9 M > glibc i686 2.3.4-2.25 base 5.1 M > . > . > . > dmraid i386 1.0.0.rc11-3_RHEL4_U4 base 396 k > > and the list continues. This ends with an bunch of unresolved dependencies. > ################################# > My yum.conf: > [main] > cachedir=/var/cache/yum > debuglevel=2 > logfile=/var/log/yum.log > pkgpolicy=newest > distroverpkg=centos-release > tolerant=1 > #exclude=kernel* > exactarch=1 > retries=20 > obsoletes=1 > gpgcheck=1 > > # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo > # in /etc/yum.repos.d > ############################ > > and here the CentOS-Base.repo: > > ############################################################# > [base] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Base > mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os > baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 > > #released updates > [update] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates > mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates > baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 > > #packages used/produced in the build but not released > [addons] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons > mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=addons > baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 > > #additional packages that may be useful > [extras] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras > mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras > baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 > > #additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages > [centosplus] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus > mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus > baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/ > gpgcheck=1 > enabled=1 > gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 > > #contrib - packages by Centos Users > [contrib] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Contrib > mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=contrib > baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/contrib/$basearch/ > gpgcheck=1 > enabled=1 > gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 > > ################################### > > How can be this possible? > Thanks in advance, > > Chris > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos not all packages are ported to x86-64 for technical reasons (mostly no clean compile on 64 bit platform) so packages containing librarys and other dependency's are installed both in 32 and 64 bit versions -- Progress (n.): The process through which the Internet has evolved from smart people in front of dumb terminals to dumb people in front of smart terminals.